Joseph WILLIAMS

1643 - 1724  (80 years)

• Name	Joseph WILLIAMS  [1, 2, 3]
  Birth	12 Dec 1643	, Providence, Rhode Island   [4]
  Gender	Male
  Note	JOSEPH, Providence, youngest son of famous Roger, wh. gives, in let. of Feb. 1660 to his frd. Gov. Winth. account of the youth's cure of epilepsy by taking tobacco, and the cure did not shorten his days. [See 3 Mass. Hist. Coll. X. 28.] (Savage) JOSEPH, b. in Providence and always lived there, m. Lydia Olney, daughter of Rev. Thomas Olney. She died Sep. 9, 1724. Their children were (1) Thomas, b. Feb. 16, 1671, m. first Mary Blackman. She d. July 1, 1717. Second Hannah Sprague, and had Joseph, Thomas, John, and Abigail. (2) Joseph b. 2 Nov. 10, 1673, m. Lydia Harrington, (3) Mary b. June, 1676, (4) James b. Sept. 20, 1680, (5) Lydia b. April 26, 1683. He d. 17 Aug. 1724 at Cranston, where the gr. st. is encumb. with more doleful verse than is often seen. His wid. d. three wks. aft. He engag. alleg. to Charles II. 31 May 1666; was an Assist. 1704, and on 28 Sept. of that yr. verif. the declarat. made by his f. in 1682. (Savage) He settled in Cranston and built his house opposite Roger Williams’ park. In 1676 he served in King Philip's War, and subsequently rose to a position of prominence in early Providence. In 1683-84-93-96-97-1713 he served as deputy to the General Court. In 1684-85-86-87-88-91-93-94-1713-14-15, he was a member of the Town Council. Joseph Williams served on numerous important committees during his public career.
  Death	17 Aug 1724	, Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island
  Person ID	I74467	Ancestral Trails
  Last Modified	13 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Roger WILLIAMS,   b. Abt 1601, ,,, Wales d. Jan 1682/83, , Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (Age ~ 82 years)
  Mother	Mary BARNARD,   b. 1610   d. Aft 1676 (Age > 67 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1629	,,, England   [5]
  Family ID	F17326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lydia OLNEY,   b. 1645   d. 9 Sep 1724, , Cranston, Providence County, Rhode Island (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	17 Dec 1669  [3]
  Children	1. Thomas WILLIAMS,   b. 16 Feb 1671/72, , Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island d. 27 Aug 1724, , Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (Age 52 years)   2. Joseph WILLIAMS,   b. 10 Nov 1673, ,, Rhode Island d. 15 Aug 1752, , Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island (Age 78 years)   3. Lydia WILLIAMS,   b. 26 Apr 1683, Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
  Family ID	F17325	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Sep 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S1408] Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, 1408. [S1481] Memoirs of the Wilkinson Family, 1481. [S1369] Genealogical Dict. of the First Settlers, 1369. 339 [S1369] Genealogical Dict. of the First Settlers, 1369. (Reliability: 3). vol 4: pages 558-572 [S1371] Roger Williams of Providence, R.I., 1371. 1